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David (Bernini)
Bernini's David (1623-1624) is a 170 cm white marble sculpture in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese; it shows David mid-action before hurling the stone at Goliath, with Bernini's own features in the face.
David (Donatello, marble)
Donatello's marble David, commissioned 1408 for Florence Cathedral and moved to the Palazzo della Signoria in 1416, now in the Bargello; distinct from his bronze David and the Casa Martelli marble.
David (Michelangelo)
David (Michelangelo): colossal 517 cm white marble statue of the biblical hero, carved 1501-1504 in Florence from a block abandoned by Agostino di Duccio and Antonio Rossellino; commissioned for the cathedral, placed at Palazzo Vecchio, now in the Galleria dell'Accademia.
Double-headed serpent
The double-headed serpent is an Aztec or Mixtec turquoise mosaic pectoral made in Mexico between about 1400 and 1521, one of the best-known Mesoamerican objects in the British Museum.
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa: Bernini's 1647–1652 marble group in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, commissioned by Cardinal Federico Cornaro, depicting Teresa of Ávila's transverberation.
Emerald Buddha
The Emerald Buddha (พระแก้วมรกต) is a green-stone Buddha image enshrined at Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, the royal temple in Bangkok's Grand Palace, and is among Thailand's most venerated Buddhist objects.
Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
The Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni is a gilded bronze monument by Andrea del Verrocchio, completed by Alessandro Leopardi and erected in Venice in 1496.
Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata is a bronze monument by Donatello in Padua, installed in 1453, portraying Erasmo da Narni, a condottiere who led the Venetian army.
Fountain of Neptune, Bologna
The Fountain of Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno) is a monumental Renaissance fountain in Bologna, Italy, built between 1563 and 1567 by Tommaso Laureti and Giambologna.
Fountain of the Innocents
The Fountain of the Innocents (French: Fontaine des Innocents) is a Renaissance fountain on the Place Joachim-du-Bellay in Paris, adorned with reliefs by the sculptor Jean Goujon.
Fountain of the Lions
The Fountain of the Lions (Fuente de los Leones) is a 14th-century marble fountain at the center of the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
Franks Casket
The Franks Casket is an early eighth-century whalebone box carved with runic inscriptions and scenes from Roman, Christian, and Germanic tradition, held in the British Museum.
Fudō Myōō at Tō-ji
Fudō Myōō at Tō-ji (不動明王, Acala) are two national treasure wooden statues at Tō-ji in Kyoto: one completed in 839, one a secret Buddha never publicly shown.
Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Kōfuku-ji
The Fukūkenjaku Kannon of Kōfuku-ji, also read Fukūkensaku Kannon, is a National Treasure wooden seated statue carved by Kōkei in 1188–1189 as the principal image of Kōfuku-ji's Nanendō in Nara, Japan.
Gal Vihara
Gal Vihara, originally named Uttararama, is a 12th-century Buddhist rock shrine in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, where four large Buddha figures were cut from a single granite rock face.
Gates of Paradise
The Gates of Paradise (Italian: Porta del Paradiso) are gilded bronze doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti, made for the Florence Baptistery between 1425 and 1452, depicting Old Testament scenes.
Gero Cross
The Gero Cross (Gerokreuz), also called the Gero Crucifix, is a monumental oak crucifix in Cologne Cathedral, carved around 965–970 and probably commissioned by Archbishop Gero of Cologne.
Golden Madonna of Essen
The Golden Madonna of Essen (Goldene Madonna) is a gilded wooden sculpture of Mary enthroned with the Christ Child, made around 980 for the convent of Essen, Germany.
Golden Tara of Agusan
The Golden Tara of Agusan, also called the Agusan image, is a solid-gold statuette of a seated Hindu-Buddhist goddess found on the Wawa River in Mindanao in 1917.
Gommateshwara statue
Gommateshwara statue (Bahubali colossus) at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka: 57-foot monolithic granite Jain image on Vindhyagiri Hill, commissioned by Chavundaraya of the Western Ganga dynasty around 981 CE and anointed every 12 years in the Mahamastakabhisheka.
Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji
The Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji (Tōdaiji Daibutsu) is a colossal gilded bronze statue of Vairocana Buddha at Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, first cast in the 750s.
Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk
Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk (僧形八幡, sōgyō Hachiman) is the standard iconographic form of the Japanese Shinto deity Hachiman, shown as a monk.
Harbaville Triptych
The Harbaville Triptych is a small Byzantine ivory devotional triptych carved in Constantinople in the mid-10th century, attributed to the Romanos Group and now in the Louvre.
Harihara of Prasat Andet
The Harihara of Prasat Andet is a nearly life-size sandstone statue of the deity Harihara, carved in Cambodia in the late 7th or early 8th century and held in Phnom Penh.
Hildesheim Madonna
The Hildesheim Madonna is a gold-covered statue of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in the treasury of Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany, dating from Bishop Bernward's time.
Hoa Hakananai'a
Hoa Hakananai'a, meaning "stolen or hidden friend," is a basalt moai carved on Easter Island around AD 1200 and held in the British Museum since 1869.
Holy Blood Altar
The Holy Blood Altar (Heilig-Blut-Altar) is a carved limewood altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, made between 1501 and 1505 for St. James's Church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Ife terracotta heads
Ife terracotta heads are naturalistic sculptures of human heads modeled in fired clay at Ilé-Ifẹ̀ in southwestern Nigeria, produced mainly between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.
Jadeite Cabbage
The Jadeite Cabbage (翠玉白菜) is a Qing dynasty jadeite carving of a Chinese cabbage with a katydid and locust on its leaves, in Taipei's National Palace Museum.
Jiucheng Palace Inscription
The Jiucheng Palace Inscription (九成宫醴泉铭) is a 632 Tang dynasty stele with text by Wei Zheng and calligraphy by Ouyang Xun, still a model for regular script.